Hamed Pakdaman

Results-driven full-stack software engineer with 10+ years of experience designing, developing, and optimizing web applications from the ground up. Passionate about clean architecture, developer experience, and building products that scale — including UnfoldCMS, an open-source Laravel CMS built for modern workflows.

94 posts

Headless CMS

5 Benefits of Self-Hosting Your CMS (Beyond Cost)

Self-hosted CMS wins for reasons that have nothing to do with cost. The five benefits that compound over a 3-year project — and the cases where SaaS still wins.

Jun 23, 2026 · 18 min read

Headless CMS

Self-Hosted CMS and GDPR: Data Sovereignty in 2026

Self-hosting your CMS collapses your DPA stack, removes Schrems II concerns, and makes GDPR erasure trivial. The compliance case for owning your CMS in 2026.

Jun 23, 2026 · 21 min read

Headless CMS

How to Choose a Headless CMS: 10-Point Checklist (2026)

A 10-point evaluation framework for choosing a headless CMS in 2026 — with how to test each item, red flags, and what good looks like in practice.

Jun 23, 2026 · 22 min read

Web Development

Headless CMS for Next.js: How to Choose in 2026

A developer's guide to choosing a headless CMS for Next.js in 2026 — SaaS vs self-hosted, a full comparison table, and the real publish-to-rebuild webhook loop.

Jun 23, 2026 · 10 min read

CMS

10 Best WordPress Alternatives in 2026

Ten honest WordPress alternatives in 2026 — what each one is good and bad at, real pricing, and how to pick based on your actual use case.

Jun 23, 2026 · 14 min read

Headless CMS

7 Benefits of Headless CMS for Modern Websites

Seven benefits of headless CMS — what's real, what's oversold. Honest framework for deciding if headless fits your project.

Jun 23, 2026 · 13 min read

Headless CMS

Headless CMS and SEO: What Actually Matters in 2026

The honest answer to whether headless CMS hurts SEO — what Google actually cares about, the migration mistakes that kill rankings, and the launch checklist.

Jun 23, 2026 · 14 min read

Headless CMS

CMS Migration Guide for Developers (2026)

The framework-agnostic playbook for moving off WordPress, Contentful, Sanity, Strapi, or anything else — without losing rankings, breaking links, or torching content history.

Jun 23, 2026 · 19 min read